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| In 1618 ______ begin in the German states (Prague) as a Protestant rebellion against the Holy Roman Empire. |
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| In 1643, __________, the "Sun King" became King of France and ruled 72 years. |
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| The magnificent palace that Louis XIV built. |
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| A great ruler of Russia was ____________, who tried to modernize or westernize Russia. |
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| The greatest of all Prussian Kings was _______, who worked to expand the prestige of Prussia and acquired territory through the war. |
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| The Seven Years War was called the _________ in America. (1756-1763). |
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| Mary Tudor earned the nickname _____ because of her persecution of Protestants during her short reign. |
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| In 1558, Phillip II of Spain launched the ___________ against England. |
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| The King of England during the English Civil War (1642-1649) was _____________ |
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| The Puritan leader who led the New Model Army and later established a commonwealth in England was __________. |
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| When William and Mary peacefully came to the throne in England, this event was called _____________. |
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| William and Mary signed the ___________________________. |
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| Author ____________ greatly influenced the Declaration of Independence with his belief in "life, liberty, and property". |
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| The French philosopher ___________- believed in separation of powers/ checks and balances. |
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| ___________- wrote "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" (1792) |
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| In the American colonies, colonists opposed the __________ a tax on documents. |
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| The leader of the Continental Army during the American Revolution was ___________. |
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| ___________ wrote the Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776). |
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| The first ten amendments to the US Constitution are known as the _________. |
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| The King of France during the French Revolution was ______, who was married to the unpopular ________ of Austria. |
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| The leader of the Reign of Terror was __________. |
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| Napoleon's biggest mistake was invading the nation of _____ in 1812. |
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| Napoleon's final defeat came at the battle of _____in 1815. |
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| After Napoleon's exile, the Congress of __________ tried to restore order to Europe. |
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| The Industrial Revolution began in the nation of ___________. |
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| _______ invented the cotton gin. |
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| The first modern steam engine was patented in 1769 by Scotsman ______. |
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| In 1776, _______ wrote Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations; he believed in the _____- system. |
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| The communist, _______ wrote "The Communist Manifesto" in 1848 with F. Engels. |
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| American _______ invented the light bulb (and phongraph). |
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| _______ invented the telephone. |
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| The first successful airplane flight occurred in 1903 by the ____ brothers. |
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| In 1905, ________ developed his theory of relativity. |
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| The Austrian doctor _________ started the study of psychology. |
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| Queen _______ of Great Britain ruled for 63 years, from 1837 to 1901. |
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| The president of the US during the American Civil War was ______; in 1863 he issued the ____________ freeing slaves in states of rebellion. |
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| The nurse ___________ took care of people during the Crimean War |
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| ____ became known as "El Libertador" (the liberator) of South America. |
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| Mazzini, Cavour, Garbaldi, and King Victor Emmanuel II were involved in ________ unification |
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| The German prime minister _____ led German unification (iron chancellor) |
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| In Russia, a period of time when Jews were massacred was called _______. |
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| In 1854, the French started to build the _____ canal. |
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| The only two African nations to remain independent in the age of imperialism were ______ and ______. |
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| The last monarch of Hawaii was Queen ______________- |
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| The Spanish-American War began in 1898 when the _____ blew up in Havana. |
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| The _________- built by Americans opened in 1914. |
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| ___is when one nation takes control of another nation. |
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| The three main causes of WWI are ______, _______, _____. |
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| Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary formed the __________ |
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| Russia, France, and Great Britain formed the ____________. |
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| WWI started with the Assassination of Archduke _____ on 6/28/14 |
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| The leader of the October 1917 Russian Revolution was ____. |
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| President Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace after WWI was the ________ points. |
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| The treaty that ended WWI was the treaty of ____ (1919) |
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| After WWI, the worldwide ___killed millions. |
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| The collapse of the New York Stock Exchange began the worldwide _________. |
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| In Italy, ______ created a political party called fascism. |
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| Hitler created the __ which he said would last 1,000 years. |
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| The dictator in the USSR after Lenin was _____. |
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| The nonviolent leader of the Indian nationalist movement was _________ |
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| WWII began on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded _________. |
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| The prime minister of Great Britain for most of WWII was ________ |
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| The US entered the war when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on __________ |
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| The Nazis called the murder of Jews the _______ to the Jewish question. |
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| Over 6 million Jews died in the ___________ |
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| The turning point battle on the Eastern front was the battle of ___________ |
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| On August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay (plane) dropped an atomic bomb on ______________ |
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| After WWII, the nation of ______ was divided between east and west. |
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| The _______ was an ideological struggle between democracy and communism. |
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| The US and western Europeans nations led a post-war defensive alliance called ________ |
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| Under the _________plan, the US gave billions to rebuild war-torn Europe. |
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| In 1961, the Russians built the _________ wall; it was torn down in ____. |
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| The leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Stalin was _____. |
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| The _____ missile crisis was the most dangerous moment in the Cold War. |
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| Mao's five year plan called the _____- killed millions of his own people. |
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| The ______ theory worried about the spread of communism in SE Asia. |
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| The leader of the Vietnamese communists was _________ |
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The system of legalized separation of the races in South Africa was called ____________.
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| The 1973 boycott by members of __ led to long gas lines in the US. |
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| In 1979, militant Islamic fundamentalists captured the American embassy in Tehran, _____- and held Americans hostage for 444 days. |
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| Since 1959, ________- has been dictator of Cuba. |
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| In the 1990s, the nation of ______ was torn up by ethnic fighting and "ethnic cleansing" |
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| On _____- Muslim terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center |
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| The first man to walk on the moon was the American ___________ |
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